Philippines Ramsar wetland
Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park
196 bird species recorded; the most from January to March.
Mike Gonzalez · CC BY-SA 3.0
This month here
158 species in January.171 species in February.162 species in March.141 species in April.122 species in May.110 species in June.107 species in July.93 species in August.136 species in September.127 species in October.126 species in November.149 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
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- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
196 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 196Speciesrecorded more than once
- 73Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 9ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 25,318Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 696 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 11Raptors
- 4Owls
- 23Waders
- 11Gulls & seabirds
- 1Ducks & geese
- 14Herons, ibises & grebes
- 74Songbirds
- 58Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 196 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White-bellied Sea-EagleHaliaeetus leucogaster
- Crested Serpent EagleSpilornis cheela
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Changeable Hawk-EagleNisaetus cirrhatus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Oriental HobbyFalco severus
- Grey-faced BuzzardButastur indicus
- Crested Honey BuzzardPernis ptilorhynchus
- Brahminy KiteHaliastur indus
- Rufous-bellied EagleLophotriorchis kieneriiNT
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Owls4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Palawan Scops-owlOtus fuliginosus
- Spotted Wood OwlStrix seloputo
- Mantanani Scops-owlOtus mantananensis
- Brown BoobookNinox scutulata
Waders23 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Gray-tailed TattlerTringa brevipes
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Greater Sand PloverCharadrius leschenaultii
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Greater Painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Swinhoe's SnipeGallinago megala
- Long-toed StintCalidris subminuta
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Oriental PratincoleGlareola maldivarum
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollisNT
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
Gulls & seabirds11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Lesser FrigatebirdFregata ariel
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Great Crested-TernThalasseus bergii
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Great FrigatebirdFregata minor
- Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Black-naped TernSterna sumatrana
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Roseate TernSterna dougallii
Ducks & geese1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Wandering Whistling-DuckDendrocygna arcuata
Herons, ibises & grebes14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Reef HeronEgretta sacra
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Egretta intermediaEgretta intermedia
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great-billed HeronArdea sumatrana
- Javan Pond-HeronArdeola speciosa
- Chinese EgretEgretta eulophotesVU
- Nankeen Night HeronNycticorax caledonicus
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Malay Night-heronGorsachius melanolophus
- Chinese Pond HeronArdeola bacchus
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
Songbirds74 species
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- Corvus pusillusCorvus pusillus
- Palawan DrongoDicrurus palawanensis
- White-vented ShamaCopsychus niger
- Palawan BulbulAlophoixus frater
- Ashy-fronted BulbulPycnonotus cinereifrons
- Rufous-tailed TailorbirdOrthotomus sericeus
- Palawan FlowerpeckerPrionochilus plateni
- Striped Tit BabblerMacronus gularis
- Lovely SunbirdAethopyga shelleyi
- Palawan Blue-flycatcherCyornis lemprieriNT
- Yellow-throated LeafbirdChloropsis palawanensis
- Dicrurus leucophaeusDicrurus leucophaeus
- Hooded PittaPitta sordida
- Asian Glossy StarlingAplonis panayensis
- Sulphur-bellied BulbulIole palawanensis
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Pale SpiderhunterArachnothera dilutior
- Blue Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone cyanescens
- Palawan Fairy-bluebirdIrena tweeddaliiNT
- Ashy-headed BabblerMalacocincla cinereiceps
- Periparus amabilisPeriparus amabilis
- Common Hill MynaGracula religiosa
- Black-naped MonarchHypothymis azurea
- Pacific SwallowHirundo javanica
- Grey-streaked FlycatcherMuscicapa griseisticta
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Common IoraAegithina tiphia
- Spice FinchLonchura punctulata
- Purple-throated SunbirdLeptocoma sperata
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
- Bar-bellied CuckooshrikeCoracina striata
- Fiery MinivetPericrocotus igneusNT
- Pygmy FlowerpeckerDicaeum pygmaeum
- Falcated Wren-BabblerPtilocichla falcataVU
- Oriolus chinensisOriolus chinensis
- Oriolus consobrinusOriolus consobrinus
- Plain-throated SunbirdAnthreptes malacensis
- Red-bellied PittaPitta erythrogaster
- White-bellied MuniaLonchura leucogastra
- Copper-throated SunbirdLeptocoma calcostetha
- Velvet-fronted NuthatchSitta frontalis
- Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapilla
- Mangrove WhistlerPachycephala cinerea
- Artamus leucorhynchosArtamus leucorhynchos
- Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensis
- Pied TrillerLalage nigra
- Philippine Pied FantailRhipidura nigritorquis
- Arctic warblerPhylloscopus borealis
- Citrine Canary-flycatcherCulicicapa helianthea
- Melodious BabblerMalacopteron palawanenseVU
- Palawan FlycatcherFicedula platenaeVU
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Mangrove Blue-FlycatcherCyornis rufigastra
- Paddyfield PipitAnthus rufulus
- Muscicapa latirostrisMuscicapa latirostris
- Golden-bellied GerygoneGerygone sulphurea
- Blue-and-white FlycatcherCyanoptila cyanomelana
- Chestnut-cheeked StarlingAgropsar philippensis
- Ashy MinivetPericrocotus divaricatus
- Yellow-vented BulbulPycnonotus goiavier
- Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
- Eyebrowed thrushTurdus obscurus
- Striated GrassbirdMegalurus palustris
- Mountain TailorbirdPhyllergates cuculatus
- Pechora PipitAnthus gustavi
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Narcissus FlycatcherFicedula narcissina
- Zosterops japonicusZosterops japonicus
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
- Dark-sided FlycatcherMuscicapa sibirica
- Red-billed StarlingSpodiopsar sericeus
Other birds58 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Green Imperial-PigeonDucula aeneaNT
- Grey-rumped SwiftletCollocalia marginata
- Tabon ScrubfowlMegapodius cumingii
- Palawan HornbillAnthracoceros marcheiVU
- Palawan Peacock-PheasantPolyplectron napoleonisVU
- White-collared KingfisherTodiramphus chloris
- Spot-throated FlamebackDinopium everettiNT
- Stork-billed KingfisherPelargopsis capensis
- Pygmy SwiftletCollocalia troglodytes
- Eastern Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
- Ameline SwiftletAerodramus amelis
- Zanclostomus curvirostrisZanclostomus curvirostris
- Blue-headed Racket-tailPrioniturus platenaeVU
- Zebra DoveGeopelia striata
- Palawan FrogmouthBatrachostomus chaseni
- Square-tailed Drongo-CuckooSurniculus lugubris
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Black-backed Dwarf KingfisherCeyx erithacaNT
- Edible-nest SwiftletAerodramus fuciphagus
- Oriental DollarbirdEurystomus orientalis
- Common Emerald DoveChalcophaps indica
- White-bellied WoodpeckerDryocopus javensis
- Common KoelEudynamys scolopaceus
- Greater CoucalCentropus sinensis
- Red-headed FlamebackChrysocolaptes erythrocephalusNT
- Thick-billed Green PigeonTreron curvirostra
- White-breasted WaterhenAmaurornis phoenicurus
- Great Slaty WoodpeckerMulleripicus pulverulentusVU
- Large-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus macrurus
- Black-chinned Fruit DovePtilinopus leclancheri
- Ruddy KingfisherHalcyon coromanda
- Plaintive CuckooCacomantis merulinus
- Brown-backed NeedletailHirundapus giganteus
- Pink-necked Green-PigeonTreron vernans
- Blue-eared KingfisherAlcedo meninting
- Lesser CoucalCentropus bengalensis
- Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
- Violet CuckooChrysococcyx xanthorhynchus
- Philippine SwiftletAerodramus mearnsi
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- White-browed CrakePorzana cinerea
- Barred ButtonquailTurnix suscitator
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WatercockGallicrex cinerea
- Pied Imperial-PigeonDucula bicolor
- Brush CuckooCacomantis variolosus
- Barred RailGallirallus torquatus
- Grey Imperial-pigeonDucula pickeringiiNT
- Little Bronze CuckooChrysococcyx minutillus
- Sunda Collared DoveStreptopelia bitorquata
- Cuculus pectoralisCuculus pectoralis
- King QuailSynoicus chinensis
- Buff-banded RailGallirallus philippensis
- Chestnut-winged CuckooClamator coromandus
- Red Collared DoveStreptopelia tranquebarica
- House SwiftApus nipalensis
- Oriental CuckooCuculus optatus
- Rufous-crowned Bee-eaterMerops americanus
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species from January to March.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan28°/25°56 mm
- Feb29°/25°30 mm
- Mar30°/26°29 mm
- Apr31°/27°52 mm
- May30°/28°125 mm
- Jun29°/27°212 mm
- Jul29°/27°224 mm
- Aug29°/27°207 mm
- Sep28°/27°202 mm
- Oct28°/27°216 mm
- Nov29°/27°174 mm
- Dec28°/26°137 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park.
National park in the Philippines
Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Philippines, 696 m above the sea.
196 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 25,318 open records.
The most recorded are the Corvus pusillus, the Green Imperial-Pigeon and the Palawan Drongo.
13 species come for the summer, 55 for the winter and 5 only pass through.
9 are threatened worldwide, including Palawan Hornbill, Palawan Peacock-Pheasant and Blue-headed Racket-tail.
The most species are recorded from January to March.
Get there and watch
- Bambua Nature Park Resortplace to stay · 3.3 km · 9 within 10 km
- Maoyonnearest town · 18 km in a straight line
- Puerto Princesa International Airport / PAF Antonio Bautista Air Base (PPS)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 50 km in a straight lineCar hire in Puerto PrincesaDiscover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 1visitor centres within 6 kmJungle Trail + Monkey Trail departure
- 9places to stay within 10 kmBambua Nature Park Resort, Tribal Inn and Cottages, Hill Myna and 6 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- car parks within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- campsites within 10 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas13 mountains within 25 kmMount Saint Paul · 1.0 kmMount Sangbauen · 11 kmTagnipa · 12 kmKapsuegsan · 12 kmMarabay Range · 16 kmTuft Hill · 18 kmBanog Hill · 19 kmKarsoglan Hill · 24 km
Coastya1 beaches within 10 kmSabang Beach · 4.2 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q824602) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 25,318 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Islandyas, Coastya |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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